The new year is off to a good start! This past month introduced the arrival of a new trend: Art Forum Collabs! I'm particularly pleased with the latest submission, Food Chain. Not only is it a clever concept but it also features music from the Audio Portal, as ALL SUBMISSIONS SHOULD!
We had some out of town visitors in January, with Dan Paladin visiting from Cleveland to work on Castle Crashers and DanMalo in town from Vegas to help with the post-holiday prize rush. We made Queers of War, which disturbed many users but apparently pleased enough to get voted #1 this month. Don't worry, the prize is being passed down the line!
QoW also attracted a threatening letter from Epic's legal representation, although the threat was withdrawn after a chat with the VERY COOL people at Epic. I was hesitant to share any of the ongoing drama publicly because I didn't want to unintentionally villainize Epic, as we really are HUGE FANS of Gears of War and think that every gamer in their right mind should own a copy.
Our shipment of 6x11 Wacom tablets finally arrived, so we started sending out the Wacom tablets from our Holiday Give-Away! So far we have shipped out all the tablets for the US winners. We still need to ship out the international winners, which will require customs forms in triplicate and all that crap.
Moving along, here are the winners for Best of January, as selected by the top 2,000 active users! Each winner will receive $250, an award certificate and a t-shirt.
TOP SIX MOVIES:
1. Queers of War (prize will be passed down the line)
2. Socklops
3. Space Duck
4. Castle III part D
5. We Are NativeAmericanCats
6. Bring a Condom on a Date?
TOP FIVE GAMES:
1. Pandemic
2. Drakojan Skies Aco (Full)
3. Seven Deadly Sins
4. Cereus Peashy
5. Scribble 2!
RUNNER UP MOVIES:
7. Castle III part A
8. PAINT_IT_BLACK
9. Castle III part C
10. Attack of the Evil TV 2
11. Tom Fulp Experience
12. Meat Grinder
13. Castle III part B
14. On The Moon (episode 10)
15. -LSF-
16. TN - Burnt Toast Man
17. Raven Teen Titans Hentai
18. Talk Show Hosts
19. Sliver
20. My New GirlFriend
RUNNER UP GAMES:
6. Cosmic Crush
7. Rage 2!
8. Defend Atlantis
9. Hearts 1.1
10. Grammar Ninja
11. UFOMania
12. Particles
13. Wreckanoid
14. Endless War 3
15. Zombie Inglor
16. PacMan Platform 2
17. Xtreme Cliff Diving
18. James The Circus Zebra
19. Music Zap
20. Cat Fling
The randomly selected active user of the month is MC-Booga! MC-Booga will receive $100 and a t-shirt as thanks for being an active voter this past month.
That wraps things up for the January prizes! Everyone should note that we are celebrating a second annual PICO DAY on April 30th. There will be prizes like last year, which I'll be announcing in the near future. If you aren't familiar with Pico, it was one of the early "hits" here on Newgrounds, back in 1999. You can find more background here.
Finally, keep the Bytesize submissions coming! Just be sure to put some effort into them, there's a lot of submissions that aren't making the cut. If you like tentacle monsters, check out the latest Art Forum Contest, complete with cash prizes!
